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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
AbbreviationGHF
FormationFebruary 2025
TypeNonprofit organization
Legal statusActive
PurposeFood security in the Gaza Strip
HeadquartersDelaware, United States
Region
Gaza Strip
Membership300 contractors[1]
Executive chairman
Johnnie Moore Jr.
Executive director
John Acree (interim)
Expenses$140 million/month[1]
Websiteghf.org

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is an American nonprofit organization established in February 2025 to distribute humanitarian aid during the ongoing Gaza humanitarian crisis.[2] Backed by the Israeli and American governments, GHF began operating in May 2025 as a response to unproven Israeli claims that aid was being diverted by Hamas.[3][4][5][6][7] GHF is led by executive director John Acree,[8] a former USAID manager, and executive chairman Johnnie Moore, an American evangelical leader and businessman.[9]

The United Nations and other aid groups refuse to cooperate with the GHF and have accused them of politicizing and "weaponizing aid", and delivering it in a manner that is unsafe for the Palestinian people.[10][11][12][13][14] The United Nations and over 170 charities and NGOs, including Save the Children and Oxfam, accuse the GHF of failing to uphold[15] and violating humanitarian norms by forcing two million Palestinians into overcrowded and militarized zones and subjecting aid-seekers to almost daily attacks; they demand that the GHF be immediately closed.[16]

The functioning of the organization has been marked by repeated mass killings in the vicinity of GHF distribution sites. As of 22 July 2025, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) records 766 killings in the vicinity of GHF distribution sites.[17][18] As of July 1, the Gaza Health Ministry has traced 70% of the hundreds of aid-related deaths to GHF sites.[16]

The attacks at GHF sites have been attributed to Israeli forces by the OHCHR,[19][20] Gaza officials,[21][22][23] and witnesses.[22][24][25][26] US contractors with the GHF were also filmed shooting Palestinian civilians, and according to former staff, its organizational culture dehumanizes aid seekers and imposes few controls on the behavior of contractors.[27][28]

Survivors of the repeated mass killings perpetrated at the distribution sites have begun to refer to the Israeli-backed operation as traps or death traps rather than aid.[29][30] Doctors Without Borders has described the conditions around these distributions as "slaughter masquerading as aid".[31] The Center for Constitutional Rights and 14 other human rights organizations have warned that the GHF could be liable for complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against Palestinians.[32]

The GHF and the IDF have repeatedly denied responsibility for deaths at aid sites, saying that only warning shots have been fired.[33][34][35] The GHF has acknowledged one deadly incident at one of their distribution sites,[36][37] a crowd crush on July 16 for which Gaza officials and witnesses blame GHF workers and Israeli military, but which GHF attributes to Hamas.[38][36][37]

Background

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Since the start of the Gaza war, at least 52,700 Palestinians have been killed.[39][40][41] Due to Israeli checkpoints into Gaza, the Israeli government and IDF have controlled the entrance of humanitarian aid into Gaza, with aid delivery disrupted multiple times over the years, either via Israeli government blockades or Israeli civilian actions.[42] On 2 March 2025, Israel instituted a blockade on the Gaza Strip denying entry of food, water, medical supplies, shelter, and fuel with the stated aim of pressuring Hamas to release hostages.[43][44][45] The blockade raised concerns about famine from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).[39][46][47] In early May, the United States government confirmed reports of a planned aid distribution system led by the newly registered Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, with security provided by private contractors and the Israeli military.[2][48] On May 19, aid trucks entered Gaza for the first time since the blockade following a statement by Israel allowing the entry of a "basic amount of food".[49][50][51] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began distributing aid on May 26.[52]

According to a report by The New York Times, the idea of an Israeli-backed private food distribution program was discussed in December 2023. Throughout 2024, Israeli officials worked with private American security contractors, primarily CIA veteran Philip Reilly, to develop a plan. Reilly later launched the security company Safe Reach Solutions (SRS) in January 2025, which was tasked with securing food distribution sites in Gaza.[53] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the foundation was an initiative that originated in Israel.[54]

Organization

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Jake Wood, the initial executive director,[55] is a former US marine and co-founder of disaster relief agency Team Rubicon.[56] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was registered in February 2025 in Delaware with a contingency filing in Geneva that was being wound down.[57][58] It has not released information on its funding sources.[53] Former CEO of World Central Kitchen Nate Mook was described as a board member on early GHF documents, but has stated that he is not on the board.[56]

The plan would use a small number of distribution hubs, mostly in southern Gaza, secured by the Israeli military and private US-based contractors,[56] without the aid of IDF members.[59] The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee indicated to reporters that IDF troops will be stationed "at a distance" from the hubs for additional protection.[59] The plan is similar to earlier plans by the Israeli military, and contrasts with models by the UN and other international agencies which involve hundreds of smaller distribution points throughout the Gaza strip.[56]

Aid officials said they will screen people for involvement with Hamas militants, perhaps using facial recognition or biometric technology.[60]

The stations would distribute aid only once or twice a month at specific locations, with aid being described as pre-packaged rations, hygiene kits, and medical supplies. Their proposal indicates that each meal was budgeted around $1.30 which would include procurement and distribution costs.[59]

Executive director Jake Wood asserted that he "unequivocally ... will not be part of anything that forcibly dislocates or displaces the Palestinian population."[61] In May 2025, Wood resigned over concerns about the organization's adherence to humanitarian principles and questioned the organization's political neutrality.[62]

In June 2025, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) terminated its contract with the GHF. BCG helped create the GHF in coordination with Israel and was responsible for setting prices for contractors. BCG said that the work was done "pro bono" but The Washington Post reported that BCG submitted invoices of over $1 million per month.[63] BCG fired two senior partners, calling the work they oversaw for GHF "unauthorized".[64]

In early July 2025, Swiss authorities ordered the GHF office in Geneva to be closed for noncompliance with legal requirements to continue its operations.[65]

Executive director transition

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On 25 May 2025, Wood announced that he was stepping down because it was impossible to meet the foundation's objectives while "strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, which I will not abandon."[66] He also called on Israel to allow significantly more aid to enter Gaza through all pathways and for such aid to be allowed in without diversion or discrimination, while also calling on Hamas to release the hostages.[67] The GHF said its operations would begin without Wood, and that it would be feeding more than one million Palestinians within a week.[57]

Since 12 June, former USAID official John Acree has been serving as interim director.[68][8] According to Acree, "The demand for food is relentless, and so is our commitment…We're adjusting our operations in real time to keep people safe and informed, and we stand ready to partner with other organizations to scale up and deliver more meals to the people of Gaza."[69]

On 3 June, American evangelical leader and businessman Johnnie Moore Jr. was appointed executive chairman of GHF.[9] Moore had previously praised Donald Trump's proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, stating "The USA will take full responsibility for [the] future of Gaza, giving everyone hope and a future."[70]

Program characteristics

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The program – known as the "Humanitarian Aid Distribution Program in the Gaza Strip" – is a joint American-Israeli program by the GHF[12] designed to facilitate the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid (such as food, medicine, and supplies) to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, in response to the 11 week blockade of food entry into Gaza imposed by Israel.[12] The United States and Israel say distributing aid through the GHF will prevent Hamas from stealing aid. The UN says that Hamas stealing aid is not a widespread affair. Hamas says that it has not stolen aid.[71]

Three GHF distribution sites are in Rafah, in areas where the IDF has issued evacuation warnings, and one is in Gaza City. As of May 29 2025, no distribution sites have been built north of the Netzarim Corridor.[72]

The facilities are secured by American contractors and monitored by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from a distance.[12]

The assistance primarily consists of boxes of food. Israeli authorities said that the aid included flour, baby food, and medical supplies.[12] A 13 June report on Devex says that GHF boxes do not provide fuel, water, sanitation, shelter, or health care.[73] Palestinians interviewed by Middle East Eye described the boxes provided by the GHF as inadequate, saying that the boxes did not contain supplies such as bottled water, cooking fuel, medicines, blankets, baby formula, or baby food.[74] The BBC reported that GHF boxes primarily contain dry foods that require fuel and water to cook, despite Gaza undergoing a water crisis, and some ready-to-eat foods. The GHF says that each box contains 42,500 calories, and feeds 5.5 people for 3.5 days. Sources interviewed by the BBC said that the boxes lack nutrients such as calcium, zinc, and iron, and would lead to an increased risk of anemia and scurvy.[75]

Funding

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On 6 June 2025, Reuters reported that the U.S. State Department was considering sending $500 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the GHF.[76] On 11 June, Mike Huckabee said that at the time, GHF was not being mostly funded by the US. Huckabee stated that the organization's funding sources included other countries, NGOs, humanitarian funds, and private individuals, all of which retained anonymity by request.[77] On 26 June 2025, the U.S. State Department announced that it had approved $30 million in funding for the GHF, calling it "the latest iteration of President Trump's and Secretary Rubio's pursuit of peace in the region".[78][79] At the time of the announcement, $7 million had already been disbursed to GHF by the State Department, according to The Guardian.[80]

History

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The Foundation began operations 26 May 2025 at a new distribution centre in Rafah.[81][82] By the end of its first day of operations, GHF reported that it had distributed 8,000 food boxes, estimated to feed 44,000 people for half a week — covering about 2% of Gaza’s population.[83] On 12 June, it reported a daily distribution of 2.6 million meals, the highest daily output since the start of its operations.[84] GHF originally calculated meals to contain 1,750 calories (7,300 kilojoules), and this calculation was raised to 2,500 calories (10,000 kJ) in June; the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and World Food Programme set a standard of 2,100 calories (8,800 kJ) per day in emergency situations.[85][86] De Waal estimates that the GHF's distribution work covers less than half Gaza's nutrition needs.[87]

The centers run by GHF in June 2025 were Tal al-Sultan, the Saudi neighbourhood, Khan Younis and Wadi Gaza. They replaced some 400 United Nations distribution points. The GHF centers lie in evacuation zones, areas where Palestinans were ordered to leave before and which they have to re-enter to get aid. People seeking aid are not allowed to approach the centers before they open. The opening of the centers itself is infrequently announced online, often only minutes before the actual opening. The time span in which the centers are open decreased over time and was given for June 2025 as low as 11 minutes per day.[88]

Killings and other access incidents

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Further information: 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

Since 27 May 2025, more than 1,054 Palestinian civilians seeking aid have been killed[89][90] and thousands more have been wounded in the Gaza Strip when being fired upon by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), armed gangs, and contractors hired by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).[91][92][93] Most of the deadly incidents have occurred in the vicinity of newly established aid distribution sites operated by the US and Israeli-backed GHF.

The killings began taking place on the first day of the GHF's operations, following an 11-week Israeli blockade since early March 2025 that had severely restricted humanitarian aid to Gaza, exacerbating the Gaza humanitarian crisis.[94][95] On 22 July 2025, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that, as of 21 July, 1,054 Palestinian aid seekers were killed: 766 near GHF's sites and 288 near UN and other organizations' aid convoys.[89] On 5 July, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 743 Palestinians were killed and over 4,891 injured;[96] and earlier, on 1 July, the Ministry noted that around 70% of dead victims were killed at GHF sites.[97]

The American nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights considers it possible for the GHF to be legally liable for complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against Palestinians.[98][99][100] Amnesty International's gathered evidence suggests that the GHF's purpose is "to placate international concerns while constituting another tool of Israel’s genocide".[101][102] The United Nations and over 170 charities and NGOs, including Save the Children and Oxfam, accuse the GHF of failure to uphold[103] and even violating humanitarian norms by forcing two million Palestinians into overcrowded and militarised zones and subjecting aid-seekers to almost daily attacks; additionally, those organisations demand that the GHF and its aid distribution system be immediately closed.[97]

In late June 2025, Haaretz reported that IDF troops had received orders to fire on the unarmed crowds to "keep them away from food distribution centers".[104][105] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz denied these claims, calling the Haaretz report a "blood libel."[106] American security contractors such as Safe Reach Solutions (SRS) had reportedly also been firing live ammunition and lobbing stun grenades at Palestinians seeking aid.[92] A former GHF worker said that he witnessed the IDF shooting indiscriminately at Palestinian civilians.[107]

On 12 June 2025, the GHF reported that a bus carrying about two dozen Palestinian GHF workers was attacked by Hamas, killing at least 8 and causing multiple injuries. Social media within Gaza said that Hamas targeted the bus because it was transporting GHF employees linked to anti-Hamas militant leader Yasser Abu Shabab.[84][108] Referring to the bus event, Al-Khazindar Company, a Palestinian group that works with GHF, said that Hamas militants had targeted its workers and killed eight in its attack. The company director said that Hamas had threatened the killed workers and that his other workers had been beaten and shot.[109] Hamas said that they had killed 12 members of the Israeli-backed Popular Forces militia. GHF said they do not work with the Abu Shabab group and that its staff includes unarmed Palestinian workers as well as armed international contractors, who are mostly American and guard the centers.[110] The Abu Shabab group said on Facebook that its members were not targeted by Hamas in the bus attack.[111] The bus attack occurred after Hamas issued a warning in the prior week that any individual or company in cooperation with GHF would receive "decisive and uncompromising action." Hamas reiterated the warning on June 8, saying it had commanded its forces to strike those in cooperation with the GHF.[112] GHF also said that members of Hamas had intimidated Nasser Hospital staff from treating the wounded aid workers.[113]

US contractors with the GHF were anonymously reported by their own colleagues for shooting at starving Palestinians who had come to receive aid or were on their way back. In a video provided to the Associated Press, contractors can be heard shooting at, and celebrating hitting, Palestinians.[28] A former security contractor told the same to the BBC, highlighting that his colleagues would fire with machine guns at people posing them no threat.[27] He said the culture at the GHF imposes no rules or controls on the behavior of contractors, that they are encouraged to shoot first and ask questions later, and that they refer to Palestinians as "zombie hordes."[27]

As of 28 June 2025, more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food since the GHF began distributing aid. Witnesses say Israeli troops have opened fire on crowds as they head toward the aid distribution sites.[114]

On 5 July, two U.S. aid workers were injured after two alleged militants threw grenades at the GHF aid center in Khan Yunis. The GHF blamed Hamas for the attack.[115] GHF said the hand grenades were filled with ball bearings and released a photo of the grenade fragments with ball bearings.[116][117] Witnesses interviewed by Mondoweiss said that the grenades were stun grenades in particular and that US contractors had thrown grenades at Palestinian aid seekers, who tossed the grenades back before they detonated.[118]

On 16 July, the GHF for the first time acknowledged an occurrence of Palestinian deaths at one of their distribution sites,[36][37] a crowd crush which killed at least 20 people. The GHF said that Hamas affiliates had "deliberately fomented the unrest"; Gaza officials and witnesses said that chaos broke out following the use of crowd control measures by aid site workers.[38][36][37]

On 21 July, a joint statement calling for the Gaza War to immediately end by the foreign ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management described the Israeli aid distribution model as "dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity".[119][120]

On 24 July, at the Saudi district aid site, the GHF held a distribution in which only women were allowed to come and receive aid. According to witnesses interviewed by the BBC, chaos at the site prevented GHF workers from unloading aid, who then began using pepper spray and stun grenades on aid seekers. The BBC reported that two women were shot and killed on that day. A sister of one of the women killed said that Israeli troops had fired warning shots at them, and that her sister was hit in the neck while moving back from the troops. The IDF said that they only fired warning shots and were unaware of any casualties. The GHF denied that there were any incidents or fatalities on that day.[121]

On 26 July, the BBC interviewed Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a veteran of the United States Army Special Forces and contractor for the GHF. Aguilar said that he left the GHF after witnessing American colleagues and IDF soldiers killing civilians, including firing a Merkava tank round and mortar rounds on crowds. Aguilar described what he witnessed as "war crimes". The GHF called Aguilar's allegations "categorically false" and described him as a "disgruntled employee who was terminated for misconduct", which he denies.[122][123] Aguilar told US Senator Chris Van Hollen that he was ordered by an IDF soldier to shoot at children and when he refused was told by a superior that the GHF worked for the IDF.[124]

The GHF and the IDF have repeatedly denied responsibility for deaths at aid sites, saying that only warning shots have been fired.[33][34][35]

Reception

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Despite Israel's claims that an alternative distribution pathway is needed as Hamas allegedly steals aid,[12] UN officials have said the looting of Gaza aid has nothing to do with Hamas.[125] An internal USAID analysis also found "no reports alleging Hamas" benefited from aid from American sources (spokespersons for the US government dispute the validity of the analysis).[3] Israeli military officials also anonymously told the New York Times that there is no evidence that Hamas has engaged in aid theft.[4] Aid workers have stated that looting is instead being performed by the Popular Forces, an ISIS-linked anti-Hamas militia supported and armed by Israel.[126][127] Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid suggested that the GHF and the American Safe Reach Solutions (SRS) are shell companies used to hide Israeli government funding.[128][129]

The GHF's operation has been criticized for "[distracting] from what is actually needed" by a UN spokesman.[12] The UN and many other aid groups refuse to cooperate with the GHF and accuse them of "weaponizing aid".[12][13] United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher raised doubts about the humanitarian aspect of the foundation and concerns about Israel's involvement and intentions. Fletcher called the foundation a "fig leaf for further violence and displacement" for Palestinians in Gaza and a "deliberate distraction" to the ongoing issues within Gaza due to the war.[39] Fletcher said that the plan makes aid conditional on Israel's political and military aims, and "makes starvation a bargaining chip". A UNICEF spokesperson said of the GHF after repeated mass shooting of starving Palestinians at distribution sites that, "These are not humanitarians, they are people with guns."[130] UNICEF has also noted that the aid boxes weigh 20 kilograms (44 lb) and must be carried by hand, which potentially excludes weak and injured people.[13]

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the GHF plan, stating that "humanitarian aid cannot be weaponized" and that most of the aid sent by Europe to Gaza is "behind the borders and is not reaching people".[131]

TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO which supports victims of war crimes, asked the Swiss government to investigate whether GHF's aid plan complied with Swiss and international humanitarian law. TRIAL said the GHF's plan was not neutral and would result in forced displacement of Gazans. GHF is a registered non-profit in Switzerland and Delaware.[132][133] GHF said it would move all its operations to the United States after the Swiss government said it was not in compliance with rules for foundations registered in Switzerland. GHF said its "Swiss entity was created as a contingency; is not operational; and is being wound down".[58] Switzerland is investigating GHF.[134][135]

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren requested that Marco Rubio disclose whether he plans to award funds to the GHF. Warren described the GHF as "an alarming departure from the professional humanitarian organizations that have worked on the ground, in Gaza and elsewhere, for decades".[136]

More than 170 NGOs called for the GHF food aid distribution scheme in Gaza to be dismantled, citing concerns it is putting civilians at risk of injury and death. The joint declaration called on countries to press Israel to halt GHF's distribution and reinstate the coordination of aid by the United Nations. It was released in Geneva on July 1, 2025. The charity groups signing the declaration include Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, and Amnesty International and the Norwegian Refugee Council. The declaration, titled GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response was published by Save the Children.[137][138][139]

Amnesty International's gathered evidence suggests that the GHF's purpose is "to placate international concerns while constituting another tool of Israel’s genocide".[140][141] For Alex de Waal, Israel's goal behind the GHF is to obtain an alibi while the starvation of the Palestinian population deepens.[87]

See also

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